Hideshi Hattori
Hideshi Hattori was born on Dec. 18, 1939 in Tokyo. He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1963, and received a Ph.D. in engineering in 1968, whereupon he began his academic career at the Department of Chemistry, Hokkaido University. In 1971-1973, he did post-doctral work at Rice University. He then moved to the Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University. He retired from the university at the end of March 2003, and is presently a Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University. Since 2007, he has also been a Research Promoting Professor at Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University. His special field of interest is solid acid and base catalysis. He was in charge of the president of the Catalysis Society of Japan for 2001, and the chairman of TOCAT 4, 2002. Yoshio Ono is Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology and National Institute for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation. He completed his undergraduate education at Tokyo Institute of Technology and earned his Doctor degree of engineering at the same institute. Then, he engaged in education and research works at Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research interests include catalysis by zeolites and solid acids/bases. He is an author of more than 250 papers and reviews. He is the former president of Catalysis Society of Japan and Japan Association of Zeolites.